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When I started blogging I would occasionally defend the EMH. A number of anti-EMH arguments were offered in response. One by one they’ve all fallen by the wayside. People who predicted the 2008 crash have done poorly since. Hedge funds were held up as a way of earning excess returns—and they’ve done poorly in recent […]read more

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